syria the israeli government has approved the building of new israeli settlement units in hebron in the occupied west bank it's a first time new construction in the city has been given official approval in fifteen years heavy for such reports from hebron hebron his newest israeli settlers are due to live here on what is now a military base adjoining another settler building the approval for plans for thirty one housing units is the first in this bitterly divided city since two thousand and two. need to be on to the balcony of the house that he was born in seventy years ago it overlooks the site for him this decision will only increase the burden of restrictions on movement that hamper his daily life. we can hardly manage it with ten settlers in front of this can you imagine how two hundred we turn our lives upside down. hebron streets are marked by stark close quarter separation hundreds of settlers kept apart from thousands of palestinians of cages barbed wire and

a large israeli army presence conditions which attract mostly religiously radical right wing settlers the approval would change the designation of this land from a military base to housing use and given that the israeli army seized it on security grounds that does open up the prospect of a legal challenge is mayer says he plans to do just that this is the first announcement in a series of approvals planned for this week nearly three thousand eight hundred housing units are expected to be given either advance or retrospective approvals bringing this year's total to more than twice that of twenty sixteen all of which are illegal under international law. israeli prime minister while telling certain groups he remains under u.s. pressure to rein in construction apparently feels freer to build with president donald trump in the white house than with his predecessor the israeli government is offering no comment beyond announcing the approval in recent weeks netanyahu has been looking to sure up his prosthetic credentials so not a single israeli settlement would ever be given up one in hebron is due instead to

get bigger hurry for sit. in the occupied west bank six children are among twelve rangar refugees who died when their boat capsized as i said violence in may and up to thirty more are still missing in the bay of bengal more than one hundred eighty rangar have died in both accidents while crossing into bangladesh in recent weeks over half a million have fled since the military crackdown began in myanmar in august. a woman who says donald trump groped her ten years ago has filed a subpoena against the u.s. president. sorry about missing those words there summers of us was a former contestant on trump's television show the apprentice she wants documents relating to her and other woman making similar allegations handed over to a court trump has denied services accusation calling a totally fake news and disgraceful. venezuela's opposition is refusing to

recognize the results of sunday's regional elections president because murderous party won seventeen of the twenty three governorships major surprises the country is in the middle of a serious political and economic crisis opposition leaders according to street protests unless there's a full recount from around the state there's about reports. a small party in front of the governorship in the capital of the state of. peace are supporters of president. celebrating the ruling party's victory here and opposition stronghold since two thousand and eight. commander chavez left his legacy to his son nicholas so that all these people can continue to live in peace. across the street many looked in shock this man did not want his name used he says he has lost hope let's listen oh i'm disappointed with the country the people

crushed themselves for communism on sunday they finished democracy in this country this was officially the office of former presidential candidate of the opposition. who was the governor of the state of he's been barred from running for public office for fifteen years administratively irregularities he says he's being persecuted by the government losing in this state is a major blow for the opposition even though now they control governorships around the country. the new governor selected on sunday will be sworn in at the constitutional assembly elected last july. the legislative super body the opposition says was created to strip the opposition controlled congress of its last powers. in spite of winning five governorships the opposition says they will not be attending they say the process was filled with a. regularities. the government has chosen the way of fraud violence

irregularity manner pollution advantage corruption treachery and extortion and not recognize the bill of the people. the government insists fraud accusations are ungrounded. it's not true that you lost because of polling station relocations and substitutions have a little sanity just because trump supports you you don't have the right to a lawyer the way you do. your position is in a complex situation they have lost hope in the electoral system but have yet to decide how they will continue to fight against what they say are the government's tally tyrion when. venezuela. looks set to work on a new leader thirty one year old sebastian kurtz official results aren't expected until the end of this week but because it's said to be seeking a coalition with these countries right anti immigration party sending shock waves

around the european union from the. a new start and a new image for austria the world's youngest leader in waiting is reported to be in intensive find the scenes negotiations with the hard right freedom party to whom a coalition government political analysts say sebastian kurtz cleverly exploited his country's fears about another immigration crisis. migration is now the topic that all the politicians have and all political parties have to address in order to be successful in election complaints. instead of the defaced posters you usually see in the aftermath of many elections curses were plastered with stickers saying thank you. and they will. i realize the shift to the right is happening in europe in general and that is i think the development which means that people are more insecure the values on the right anymore. hinds christian strucker who

leads the freedom party is expected to demand the foreign ministry as its price for giving kurds an absolute majority in parliament the international reaction to kurds is victory has been somewhat cautious and muted no doubt because the coalition talks are still going on the german chancellor angela merkel praised him for running a very modern campaign but knows the immigration crisis could be even harder to handle with curt's as her new neighbor. today we have said and i say this time and time again we must solve the problems and we must look we have achieved what we have not. the counting of postal votes has yet to be completed said efficient result of the election will not be announced until the end of this week no major changes are expected though the far right is about to enter the government for the first time in seventeen years if the coalition talks are successful. to al-jazeera

vienna. storm ophelia has killed three people in island and left three hundred sixty thousand homes and businesses without power schools have also closed and the irish government has deployed the army to bolster flood defenses. in donegal barnaby phillips has more from space an ominous sight storm ophelia approaching an island at dawn in the skies about the southern coast it seemed the crows knew something unusual was coming no longer a hurricane by the time she hit land but ophelia battered islands coast and inland her winds wreaked havoc knocking things over sending them flying even as if in rage a school's roof picked up and thrown we were further north in donegal where the worst of the storm didn't arrive until towards the end of the day. in this town as

in towns all over ireland it's been a very unusual day streets all but deserted shops closed pubs close restaurants closed schools closed families waiting at home for the worst of a fear to pass without the local shop this morning and it was like christmas eve it was packed with people. you know we're in for the storm kind of sit. on the street. i'm looking forward to getting home. i think we're just in the brunt of it right now for the next couple of hours. meanwhile to the east over england calm but ophelia brought a strange glow to the sky not an impending apocalypse a scientists but sunlight filtered through dust pulled up from the sahara and the forest fires in spain and portugal barnaby phillips al-jazeera on islands west coast wildfires have killed at least thirty six people in portugal and three in

spain the state of emergency is in force in the areas firefighters battle a blaze worsened by a storm ophelia journal reports. a prolonged drought plus i'm usually high in mid october heat already deadly combination was. the wildfires pairings through the parched forests of central and northern portugal have claimed dozens of lives and made many more homeless of the rhythms of humans but. obviously we would like to present our deep condolences to the families of these victims as you know sunday was a day when all records registered this year were beaten we reached the maximum of five hundred twenty four fires and today since midnight we've already registered a total of one hundred ten. and over the border fires raged in spain's northwestern gully theories. more than one hundred separate blazes they've been a number of fatalities including two people who died when their car was trapped by

the flames thousands have been evacuated much of the destruction here is not natural but deliberate in spain arsonists are said to strike every year prime minister mariano rajoy is a native of colombia we are meant to look a stone was really in the case of iraq and most of what we are dealing with here is something that is not caused by accident it is being provoked we are here in perth as the borden where there's been a big farm which began at one in the morning at five different points so you can see it's impossible for this to be triggered on the natural circumstances in spain schools were shocked as the fires closed in on towns and villages threatening more lives and livelihoods like rainfall is forecast that may help existing wish the flames but soon enough to avoid portugal second such tragedy in four months after sixty four people were killed by wildfires in june john holl al jazeera. still

ahead on al-jazeera coming up in sports find out if and be a players are likely to take control and protest when the season gets underway. training starts lightly but the pace picks up quickly as these grannies work out a long lifetime of frustration. at eighty five years old in thomas' old what trains as hard as anyone and. i feel so good i feel french i punch this side and decide like this and like that i really love this i don't like things like soccer because i will bring these ladies are tough and i take their training very seriously. don't you feel a little bit more energetic i like. alfred's this is the

opportunity to understand it's a very different way where there. is and we don't leave. and it is time for us border than day thank you very much while a lawsuit filed by an n.f.l. quarterback is escalating and off the field disputes in the world's most lucrative sportingly it's a debate between freedom of speech and patriotism being played out on football fields now the league is meeting to see if or how it can all be resolved. reports from new york he's only twenty nine years old and widely considered still in the prime of his playing career but he can't find a job. former n.f.l.

quarterback calling kaepernick believes there's a good reason for that and he's filed a formal complaint accusing the national football league and the owners of the thirty two professional football teams of colluding to keep him off the playing field but it definitely is rattling for the league if this case goes through if he's able to prevail in the house and prove that there was collusion among the owners to keep the league there is a very serious ramification for the n.f.l. kaepernick has been unemployed since opting out of his contract with the san francisco forty nine er's earlier this year last year he launched what has become a movement when he took a need during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racism this season some other players continue to do the same in solidarity this weekend's games were no exception and act of freedom of expression for them but not in the eyes of president donald trump who once monday again commented about it you're

disrespecting our flag and you're disrespecting our country and the n.f.l. should a suspended some of these players the n.f.l. brings in about nine billion dollars a year making it the most lucrative sports league in the world. attendance and t.v. ratings were already in decline but there are signs that the controversy may be adding to the n.f.l. as wos average ratings for the first five weeks of the two thousand seven hundred season are just over fifteen million viewers that's a seven percent drop in the same period last season and a more worrying eighteen percent drop from the more than eighteen million viewers in two thousand and fifteen and that could all have a knock on effect for the amount t.v. companies and advertisers are willing to pay the n.f.l. the owners just don't like the distraction and the more that it starts to threaten their business model than of course the league is going to be upset now n.f.l.

bosses and team owners are set to huddle in this new york hotel for two days to try to come up with a response to the growing controversy they wish would just go away gabriel is on doe new york. well head coach of n.b.a. team the cleveland cavaliers says he isn't expecting his players to take a knee before the league season opener on choose day lebron james and kobe taking on the boston celtics in the promise spoken of his admiration for kappa knicks handling of the situation n.b.a. rules explicitly state that players and coaches stand and line up in a dignified posture during the national anthem here's what the cavaliers coach had to say when asked if he thought his team would break that protocol. no i don't talk about a guy i was going to call him a three way all pre-season but i was excited to be here. being able to keep up with me first game of the n.b.a. season i mean what a thing so we're excited about that i'm excited so ready to go. the l.a.

dodgers have gone two up in their playoff series against defending world series champions the chicago cubs justin turner hit a three run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead to a four one win for the dodgers are now just two wins away from watching their first world series in twenty nine years game three of the best of seven series takes place on tuesday in chicago. i had a ball pretty good center earlier in the game in our moral. center fielder has been taking hits away from us. every time we play and so i was just watching him hoping he was going to catch it and then when it did end up going over the fence obviously . i was fairly excited. now striker's cricket board has confirmed the country will send it same to pakistan for a t twenty international at the end of the month that will be the highest profile game in pakistan since the sri lankan team was attacked by gunman there in two thousand and nine while the two countries are currently playing

a one day series in the united arab emirates west sri lanka's poor on a form continued a century from barbarism how to pakistan's word title of c. one hundred nineteen tonight in this second one day international. in reply sure lanka slumping to one hundred eighty seven all else to lose by thirty two runs. it is the ninth straight one day defeat at. the champions league group stages continue on tuesday with two time defending champions roma dritte hosting tottenham royal.